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President John F. Kennedy throws the first pitch of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; majority owner of the Washington Senators franchise General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada; Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service Agents Gerald "Jerry" Behn and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary.
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President John F. Kennedy stands with Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; majority owner of the Washington Senators franchise General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Fay; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Secret Service Agent Gerald "Jerry" Behn; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez.
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President John F. Kennedy holds a baseball glove while talking with majority owner of the Washington Senators franchise General Elwood R. “Pete” Quesada at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Those looking on include Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; former Washington Senators player James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; Senator Hubert Humphrey of Minnesota; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service Agents Gerald “Jerry” Behn and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (at left in foreground).
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President John F. Kennedy speaks with Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (in foreground); Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; General Manager of the Washington Senators Ed Doherty; Secret Service Agent Gerald "Jerry" Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and others laugh during the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (in foreground); Postmaster General J. Edward Day; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Under Secretary of the Navy Paul "Red" Fay; Secret Service Agents Gerald "Jerry" Behn and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary.
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President John F. Kennedy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, and others laugh during the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Boys Clubs of America's "Boy of the Year" Richard Lopez (in foreground); Senator George Smathers of Florida; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Representative Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Secret Service Agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn.
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Press Secretary, Pierre Salinger, and White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (right), attend the fourth race of the 1962 America's Cup aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island.
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White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, sits aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., during the fourth race of the 1962 America's Cup, off the coast of Newport, Rhode Island.
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President John F. Kennedy greets little league baseball players and boy scouts from the “Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica” (Guides and Scouts of Costa Rica) at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica. Left to right: White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn; unidentified; Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; President Kennedy (autographing a baseball); Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (in back); Representative Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); others unidentified. Special Assistant to the President, Kenneth P. O’Donnell, stands in background (right of column).
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President John F. Kennedy greets little league baseball players at the United States Embassy residence in San Rafael de Escazú, Costa Rica. A group of little leaguers stands at right in foreground. Others (L-R): White House Secret Service agent, Ernie Olsson; unidentified; Secretary of State, Dean Rusk; Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn (in back); Secret Service agent, Paul A. Burns; President Kennedy; Senator Wayne Morse (Oregon); Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Representative Armistead I. Selden, Jr. (Alabama); Representative William S. Mailliard (California); US Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke (in back); US Ambassador to Costa Rica, Raymond Telles; others unidentified.
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President John F. Kennedy (carrying a hat) walks from the Army side of the stands to the Navy side during halftime of the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen). Escorting President Kennedy: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard (behind the President); Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson (back right); one unidentified Naval officer. White House Secret Service Agents Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn walk at left. Cadets of the Military and Naval Academies stand at attention on either side. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy (carrying a hat) walks from the Army side of the stands to the Navy side during halftime of the Army-Navy Football Game (United States Military Academy Cadets versus United States Naval Academy Midshipmen). Escorting President Kennedy: Naval Aide to the President, Captain Tazewell Shepard; Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Rear Admiral John F. Davidson; one unidentified Naval officer. White House Secret Service Agents Roy Kellerman and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn walk at left. Cadets of the Military and Naval Academies stand at attention on either side. Municipal Stadium, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and others watch the 32nd Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C. First baseman for the National League, Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs), and first base coach for the American League, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon (manager of the Washington Senators), stand on the field in background. Also pictured (in the stands): Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Boys Club, Frank Brown and Dennis Marcel; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and others watch the 32nd Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C. First baseman for the National League, Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs), and first base coach for the American League, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon (manager of the Washington Senators), stand on the field in background. Also pictured (in the stands): Commissioner of Baseball, Ford C. Frick; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Boys Club, Frank Brown and Dennis Marcel; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy reads "The Sporting News" with Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers and General Manager of the Washington Senators Ed Doherty at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secret Service Agents Gerald “Jerry” Behn (partially hidden) and John J. "Muggsy" O'Leary.
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President John F. Kennedy reads "The Sporting News" with Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers and General Manager of the Washington Senators Ed Doherty at the opening game of the 1961 baseball season at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C. Audience includes Special Assistant to the President Lawrence "Larry" O'Brien; Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana; Secret Service Agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary (both at right with heads turned).
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President John F. Kennedy talks with James Barton “Mickey” Vernon, Manager of the Washington Senators (wearing Senators uniform); Bob Scheffing, Manager of the Detroit Tigers (wearing Detroit uniform); and Ed Doherty, General Manager of the Washington Senators (far right), during the first game of the 1962 baseball season. Others include: Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy throws the first pitch of the 1962 baseball season. (L-R) Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; President Kennedy; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois (looking over President Kennedy’s shoulder); Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Joseph Cronin, President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (seated in front); General Elwood “Pete” Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Bob Scheffing, Manager of the Detroit Tigers. Those partially visible in back include Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn and Senator George Smathers of Florida. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy signs a Washington Senators Yearbook during Opening Game of 1962 Baseball Season. Washington Senators center fielder Jimmy Piersall holds the yearbook for President Kennedy; Washington Senators pitcher Marty Kutyna (right of Piersall) holds the baseball thrown by President Kennedy as the first pitch of the season. Those looking on include: Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; James Barton “Mickey” Vernon, Manager of the Washington Senators; General Elwood “Pete” Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon (facing away from camera); Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy watches the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Front row (L-R) Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson; Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers; President Kennedy; General Elwood “Pete” Quesada, majority owner of the Washington Senators; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon. Those behind the President include: Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Special Assistant to the President Timothy Reardon; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy talks with Senator George Smathers of Florida (right of President Kennedy) during the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers sits left of the President, holding up a baseball glove. Others pictured include: Representative Carroll D. Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Special Assistant to the President Timothy Reardon; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service Agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; Secret Service agent John “Muggsy” O’Leary; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy talks with Special Assistant to the President Dave Powers during the opening game of the 1962 baseball season. Those pictured include: Representative Carroll D. Kearns of Pennsylvania; Representative Hale Boggs of Louisiana; Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Abraham Ribicoff; Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg; Special Assistant to the President Lawrence “Larry” O’Brien; Senator Mike Mansfield of Montana; Senator Everett Dirksen of Illinois; Representative Charles Halleck of Indiana; Associate Press Secretary Andrew Hatcher; Secret Service Agent Gerald “Jerry” Behn; Senator George Smathers of Florida; Secretary of the Treasury C. Douglas Dillon; Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall; unidentified observers. D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Representative Charles A. Halleck (Indiana); Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; Associate Press Secretary Andrew T. Hatcher; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); President of the American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Joseph Cronin (back to camera); Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser, from the Washington Boys Clubs; Manager of the Baltimore Orioles, Billy Hitchcock; Manager of the Washington Senators, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon; White House Secret Service agents, Floyd Boring and Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn.
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President John F. Kennedy and others attend opening day of the 1963 baseball season at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C.; the Washington Senators hosted the Baltimore Orioles. Also pictured: Speaker of the House of Representatives, John W. McCormack (Massachusetts); Senator Everett Dirksen (Illinois); Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Representative Charles A. Halleck (Indiana); Special Assistant to the President, Larry O’Brien; Senator Hubert H. Humphrey (Minnesota); Governor of California, Edmund G. “Pat” Brown; Senator Mike Mansfield (Montana); Owner of the Washington Senators, James M. Johnston; President of Major League Baseball (MLB)’s American League, Joseph Cronin; Representative Torbert H. Macdonald (Massachusetts); General Manager of the Washington Senators, George Selkirk; Daniel Harnett and Levi Fraser, from the Washington Boys Clubs; Senator Richard B. Russell (Georgia); White House Secret Service agents, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn, John Campion, and John J. “Muggsy” O’Leary.
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President John F. Kennedy (wearing sunglasses) and others watch the 32nd Major League Baseball (MLB) All-Star Game at D.C. Stadium, Washington, D.C. First baseman for the National League, Ernie Banks (Chicago Cubs), and first base coach for the American League, James Barton "Mickey" Vernon (manager of the Washington Senators), stand on the field in the background. Also pictured (in the stands): Commissioner of Baseball, Ford C. Frick; Special Assistant to the President, Dave Powers; Associate Press Secretary, Andrew T. Hatcher; members of the Washington Metropolitan Police Boys Club, Frank Brown and Dennis Marcel; White House Secret Service agent, Gerald A. “Jerry” Behn. [Notes: This copy negative is a crop of JFKWHP-ST-311-12-62.]